fit
$ \mathrm{fit}^1 | fit |
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suit: スタイル･色などがその人に似合うという場合
fit: 大きさ･形などがちょうどよいという場合
match: 人を目的語とせず, 主語･目的語となる物同士が「互いに合っている」ことをさす
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adjective (fitter, fittest)
1. predicative (of a thing) of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose:
〈物などが〉 «状況･目的などに/…するのに» 適した, ぴったりの «for/to do» (↔ unfit; → appropriate)
e.g. with infinitive : is the water clean and fit to drink?
e.g. the meat is fit for human consumption.
(of a person) having the requisite qualities or skills to undertake something competently:
〈人が〉 «状況･目的などに/…するのに» 適任の, ふさわしい «for/to do»
e.g. he felt himself quite fit for battle
e.g. with infinitive : Ted was ghastly pale and fit to do no more than switch channels.
suitable and correct according to accepted social standards:
e.g. a fit subject on which to correspond.
with infinitive informal (of a person or thing) having reached such an extreme condition as to be on the point of doing the thing specified:
e.g. he baited even his close companions until they were fit to kill him.
informal ready:
〈物･人が〉 «…のために/…するために» 準備ができて «for/to do» ; ｟主に英話｠ ; 〖～ to do〗 今にも…しそうな (!be動詞のほか, cry, coughなどの〖動詞〗の後で副詞的に)
e.g. well, are you fit?
2. in good health, especially because of regular physical exercise:
«…に/…するのに» 体調がよい, 健康な, 丈夫な «for/to do» (↔ unfit) (!fitは運動をして調子がよいことでhealthyは病気のない健康な状態を示す) ; 健康を回復して
e.g. figurative : the measures would ensure a leaner, fitter company
e.g. I swim regularly to keep fit.
British informal sexually attractive; good-looking.
｟英･くだけて｠ セクシーな
verb (fits, fitting, fitted or fit) with object
1. be of the right shape and size for:
(大きさ･形が)〈人･物〉にぴったり合う, 適合する (!進行形にしない)
e.g. those jeans still fit me
〖～＋副詞〗 〈大きさ･形が〉ぴったり合う, 調和する; 収まる (!進行形にしない; 〖副詞〗は様態･場所の表現)
e.g. no object : the shoes fit better after being stretched.
(usually be fitted for) try clothing on (someone) in order to make or alter it to the correct size:
〖通例be ～ted〗 〈人が〉 【服の】仮縫いをしてもらう «for»
e.g. she was about to be fitted for her costume.
no object, with adverbial of place be of the right size, shape, or number to occupy a particular position or place:
e.g. Angela says we can all fit in her car.
2. fix or put (something) into place:
〖fit A to/on B/B with A〗 A〈部品など〉をBに取り付ける, 備え付ける
e.g. they fitted smoke alarms to their home.
(often be fitted with) provide (something) with a particular component or article:
e.g. most tools can be fitted with a new handle.
join or cause to join together to form a whole:
e.g. with object : many physicists tried to fit together the various pieces of the puzzle
e.g. no object : it took a while to figure out how the confounded things fit together.
3. be in agreement or harmony with; match:
〈事･物などが〉〈人･制度･考えなど〉に一致する, 適合する, ふさわしい (!進行形にしない)
e.g. the punishment should fit the crime.
(of an attribute, qualification, or skill) make (someone) suitable to fulfill a particular role or undertake a particular task:
｟かたく｠ 〈経験･人などが〉〈人〉に «仕事などが/…することが» できるようにする «for/to do» (!進行形にしない)
e.g. an MS fits the student for a professional career.
noun
the particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits around or into something:
〖a ... ～〗 合うこと, 合い具合; フィット(感)が…な服
e.g. the dress was a perfect fit.
the particular way in which a thing matches something else:
e.g. a close fit between teachers' qualifications and their teaching responsibilities.
Statistics the correspondence between observed data and the values expected by theory.
PHRASES
(as) fit as a fiddle
see fiddle.
fit like a glove
see glove.
fit the bill
see bill1.
fit to be tied
informal very angry: Daddy was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh.
fit to bust
informal with great energy: they laughed fit to bust.
see (or think) fit
consider it correct or acceptable to do something: why did the company see fit to give you the job?
PHRASAL VERBS
fit in
(of a person) be socially compatible with other members of a group: he feels he should become tough to fit in with his friends.
(of a thing) be in harmony with other things within a larger structure: produce ideas that fit in with an established approach.
(also fit into) (of a person or thing) constitute part of a particular situation or larger structure: where do your sisters fit in?
fit someone/something in (or into)
find room or have sufficient space for someone or something: can you fit any more books into the box?
succeed in finding time in a busy schedule to see someone or do something: you're never too busy to fit exercise into your life.
fit someone/something out (or up)
provide with the necessary equipment, supplies, clothes, or other items for a particular situation: the cabin had been fitted out to a high standard.
fit someone up
British informal incriminate someone by falsifying evidence against them.
fit something on
British try on (a garment).
DERIVATIVES
fitly | ˈfitlē | adverb
ORIGIN
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
$ \mathrm{fit}^2 | fit |
noun
a sudden uncontrollable outbreak of intense emotion, laughter, coughing, or other action or activity: in a fit of temper | he got coughing fits.
a sudden attack of convulsions and/or loss of consciousness, typical of epilepsy and some other medical conditions: he thought she was having a fit.
PHRASES
have (or throw) a fit
informal be very surprised or angry: my mother would have a fit if she heard that.
in fits (of laughter)
informal highly amused: he had us all in fits.
in (or by) fits and starts
with irregular bursts of activity: the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts.
ORIGIN
Old English fitt‘conflict’, in Middle English ‘position of danger or excitement’, also ‘short period’; the sense ‘sudden attack of illness’ dates from the mid 16th century.
$ \mathrm{fit}^3 | fit | (also fytte)
noun archaic
a section of a poem.
ORIGIN
Old English fitt, perhaps the same word as fit2, or related to German Fitze ‘skein of yarn’, in the obsolete sense ‘thread with which weavers mark off a day's work’.